I converted a 3D dwg. file to solid works and now the file almost doubled in size. It originally was a SDS/2 drawing with structural steel. Right now its is a bunch of small surfaces and triangles. Is there anyway to clean this up and turn them back into solid object so the file isn't so big? Thanks!
From AutoCAD it doesn't give me the option to Export as a STEP.
Will it let you Save as parasolid? That will work better with SW than step files anyway.
I take it that in AutoCad it does not have tessellated surfaces?.. What happens if you export using AcisOut. Or IgesOut? Then open in SW?
Sorry, I didn't realize SDS/2 was AutoCAD. You will not get a solid model from that file. You may need a third party converter to help.
Export the 3D model to a STEP file. Import into SolidWorks.